Miami Union
November 25, 1897
Col. J. R. Taylor died at his home in Chicago, November 7, 1897, aged 78 years and 7 months. He had been a constant sufferer for almost a year. He was born in Cincinnati, but grew to manhood in Miami County and will be remembered by many of the old citizens. His father, Jonah Taylor, died in this city, on Market street, in 1846. Colonel Taylor had not visited Troy for many years. He leaves a wife, six children, five grand children and two sisters, Mrs. J. M. Blair, of Cincinnati, and Mrs. W. B. Dilts, of this city. He was a kind and loving husband and a tender and devoted father.
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